Parseltongue

Even the bad reputation that Harry got briefly when it became known he speaks Parseltongue (snake language) is a result of Voldemort's attack on Harry when he was a baby.

Why Villains Exist in Fiction nissa_amas_katoj 2009

Even the bad reputation that Harry got briefly when it became known he speaks Parseltongue (snake language) is a result of Voldemort's attack on Harry when he was a baby.

Archive 2009-05-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2009

It's not only the nastiness of cheap insults like "Mudblood" and "Squib" and the consciousness of wizardly privilege; there's also the moment when Harry inadvertently exposes himself as a Parseltongue, and his reputation plummets.

March Books 6) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling nwhyte 2009

Except that she's started speaking in Parseltongue.

Archive 2009-11-01 Theodora Goss 2009

"I can speak to snakes" that Parseltongue is nothing but trouble.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer - Suvudu - Science Fiction and Fantasy Books, Movies, and Games 2008

The Sorting Hat immediately places Tom in Slytherin and he eventually figures out that the founder of the house was also a Parseltongue, a fact that probably boosted Tom's self-importance.

Lianna Kong: Half-Bloods, House-Elves and Horcruxes: Chapters 16 - 20 of Harry Potter Book 6 2008

Tom enters that house to find Morfin there alone, and they figure out that they can each speak Parseltongue.

Lianna Kong: Half-Bloods, House-Elves and Horcruxes: Chapters 16 - 20 of Harry Potter Book 6 2008

Morfin is sitting on the floor conversing in Parseltongue with a snake.

Lianna Kong: Half-Blood Prince, Full-Blooded Synopsis: Harry Potter Book 6 Cheat Sheet, Part II 2008

Aside from my favorite, which is Brian Lies' Freefall as posted at Greetings from Nowhere, there's a funky dancing snowman, an exquisite sloth or "ai" in Scrabbletongue - kind of like Parseltongue, only infinitely cooler at Bildungsroman, and the precious Chanté, who I am meeting for the first time!

The WritingYA Weblog: Two More Writing Gems tanita davis 2007

Now, if you were a dedicated Freudian, you could have made a great deal out of Harry Potter discovering he was a Parseltongue--i.e., he can talk to snakes in their own language and he never realized it before he just did it, spontaneously, in front of the whole school.

The Cadbury Ad With the Gorilla Playing Drums Isn't THAT Funny fastfwd 2007